Algorithms Contract Job Trends in the North West

Algorithms
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 111 107
Rank change year-on-year -50 -4 +36
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 13 14 21
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.35% 0.65% 0.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.09% 2.12% 3.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 13
10th Percentile £190 £481 -
25th Percentile £369 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £563 £489
Median % change year-on-year -26.22% +15.03% -6.41%
75th Percentile £434 £669 £563
90th Percentile £500 £680 £656
England median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £23.25 -
25th Percentile £45.25 £24.38 £52.50
Median hourly rate £45.50 £27.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.45% -50.00% -
75th Percentile £45.75 £29.38 £57.50
90th Percentile - £29.75 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £67.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -2.99% +21.82% +100.00%

All Generic Skills
North West

Algorithms falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,189 660 643
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 32.07% 30.57% 26.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 733 437 399
10th Percentile £341 £268 £304
25th Percentile £413 £360 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £495
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -6.98% -1.10%
75th Percentile £600 £580 £598
90th Percentile £674 £650 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 38 43
10th Percentile £20.54 £21.41 £12.39
25th Percentile £25.38 £26.88 £15.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £38.05 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.55% +69.09% -35.71%
75th Percentile £76.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £79.43 £67.60
England median hourly rate £43.96 £32.05 £45.00
% change year-on-year +37.16% -28.78% +12.04%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Algorithms relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Algorithms job vacancy trend in the North West

Algorithms
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Algorithms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in the North West over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithms in the North West

Algorithms
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Algorithms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheshire -5 7 £398 -29.24% 11
Manchester -43 4 £430 -24.40% 7
Merseyside - 2 £205 - 3
Algorithms
England

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (46.15%) Confluence
2 1 (7.69%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) AWS KMS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (7.69%) GCP
1 1 (7.69%) OpenShift
1 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (61.54%) MongoDB
2 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
3 6 (46.15%) Relational Database
4 4 (30.77%) RDBMS
5 1 (7.69%) Big Data
5 1 (7.69%) Data Mining
5 1 (7.69%) MySQL
5 1 (7.69%) Power BI
5 1 (7.69%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Git
1 7 (53.85%) GitLab
1 7 (53.85%) Jenkins
2 6 (46.15%) Claude Code
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
3 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) SQL Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Designer
4 1 (7.69%) DevOps Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Process Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Procurement Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Python Developer
4 1 (7.69%) React Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Software Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (61.54%) JSON
1 8 (61.54%) Kafka
2 2 (15.38%) .NET
3 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (7.69%) FastAPI
3 1 (7.69%) OAuth
3 1 (7.69%) OpenID
3 1 (7.69%) React
3 1 (7.69%) RESTful
3 1 (7.69%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) PKI
2 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Agile
1 8 (61.54%) AI
1 8 (61.54%) DevOps
2 5 (38.46%) Change Control
2 5 (38.46%) Database Security
2 5 (38.46%) SDLC
3 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
4 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) API Integration
5 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
5 2 (15.38%) Cryptography
5 2 (15.38%) Key Management
5 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (15.38%) Threat Modelling
6 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis
6 1 (7.69%) Data Management
6 1 (7.69%) Security Testing
6 1 (7.69%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) C#
1 7 (53.85%) PowerShell
1 7 (53.85%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) Python
3 1 (7.69%) Java
3 1 (7.69%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) DBS Check
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (7.69%) CEH
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.69%) CISSP
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
1 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 8 (61.54%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Ariba
1 1 (7.69%) Infor
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) SAP